Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act

Where it stands

1. Introduced Done · Dec 4, 2025
2. Committee Done · Dec 4, 2025
3. Passed House Done · Mar 4, 2026
4. Passed Senate Not yet
5. President Not yet
6. Law Not yet

From the official actions on Congress.gov.

Key points

What it changes

A plain-language summary isn't ready yet. The official summary below describes the bill.

Who it affects

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What it costs

No cost estimate yet.

Where it stands

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Mar 9, 2026)

What happens next

The Senate would need to pass it next.

Official summary

Territorial Student Access to Higher Education Act This bill requires public institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs to charge no more than in-state tuition and fee rates to students who are residents of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, provided they are also U.S. nationals.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House version), via Congress.gov. These are proposed provisions, not enacted law.

Recorded votes

1. HOUSEFinal passageMar 4, 2026 · roll call 82

   On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: Passed (351–72)

   This vote decided whether the bill passes this chamber.
   Votes by party

   How each party voted on roll call 82

   Party	Yes	No	Present	Did not vote	Share voting Yes
   Democratic	208	1	0	5
   Republican	143	71	0	4
   Independent	0	0	0	0

   Party totals from the official roll call.

   Office of the Clerk, U.S. House ↗ — includes how every member voted

Vote types come from the official question text. How we label votes

Legislative history

1. Mar 9, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
2. Mar 4, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3. Mar 4, 2026On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 351 - 72 (Roll no. 82).
4. Mar 4, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 351 - 72 (Roll no. 82).
5. Mar 4, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2390-2391)
6. Mar 3, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
7. Mar 3, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6472.
8. Mar 3, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2366-2367; text: CR H2366)
9. Mar 3, 2026Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
10. Feb 11, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 421.
11. Feb 11, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.
12. Feb 11, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-495.
13. Dec 11, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 1.
14. Dec 11, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
15. Dec 4, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
16. Dec 4, 2025Introduced in House
17. Dec 4, 2025Introduced in House